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1723842

	registered interest
	date	26/07/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people waiting for (a) four, (b) eight and (c) 12 or more weeks for a non-urgent appointment.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Jon Pearce
	uin	2014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>Data on waiting times from consultant-led referral to treatment is published on a monthly basis, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/</a></p><p>The latest published data from May 2024 showed there were:</p><p>- 6,284,066 incomplete pathways over four weeks;</p><p>- 5,118,954 incomplete pathways over eight weeks; and</p><p>- 4,259,438 incomplete pathways over 12 weeks.</p><p><br> Waiting times for consultant-led treatments are measured in pathways, rather than people or patients. Patients may be on more than one incomplete pathway.</p><p>Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission. We will start by delivering an extra 40,000 operations, scans, and appointments each week, as the first step in our commitment to ensuring patients can expect to be treated within 18 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 02/08/2024 13:40:36 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	5115

1722233

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they will elicit views on the NHS Constitution consultation from people whose first language is not English, especially those who are high users of NHS services.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2024 answer text <p>A review of the NHS Constitution was announced in October 2023. The standard consultation closed in June 2024, with the easy-read consultation on the NHS Constitution closing in July 2024. The Department acknowledges the limits of both publishing a consultation in online-only formats and solely in English.</p><p>The Department published an easy-read version, with the simplified language making the information more accessible for a broader audience, supporting those whose first language is not English to access and respond to the consultation.</p><p>The Department is committed to engagement with the public in the future and continuously improving our approach for future consultations and strategies. If any further review of the NHS Constitution takes place, ensuring communication through an accessible format for people, including those for whom English may not be their first language, will be considered.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 09/08/2024 13:43:47 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1719735

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to (a) understand the potential risk of and (b) prevent future health system failures similar to those that led to the infected blood scandal.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	27416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry describes the many failings of successive governments, including historic failings in the Department and its predecessor departments. The Department will study the report to make sure the lessons of Sir Brian’s inquiry are learned, and that these mistakes can never be repeated.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 24/05/2024 13:22:40 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1716151

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the proportion of specialised services that met national standards in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	24955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The total spend on commissioning specialised services was £22.7 billion in 2022/23 and £25 billion in 2023/24. As formal delegation of specialised services to integrated care boards (ICBs) begins from 1 April 2024, all spend on commissioning these services in previous years has been the responsibility of NHS England, and not the ICBs. For 2024/25, NHS England is delegating £5.3 billion of commissioning resource to ICBs in the three regions, where delegation will begin from April 2024. This figure excludes high-cost drugs and devices spend.</p><p>The nine joint committee arrangements arose from a robust process, which included a readiness assessment, the Pre-Delegation Assessment Framework, made between the ICBs and NHS England regional teams, followed by a National Moderation Panel, and final decision taken by the NHS England Board. The NHS England Board papers for February 2023, December 2023, and March 2024 are available, respectively, at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/board-2-feb-23-item-7-delegation-of-spec-comm.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/board-2-feb-23-item-7-delegation-of-spec-comm.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/specialised-commissioning-2024-25-next-steps-with-delegation-to-integrated-care-boards/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/specialised-commissioning-2024-25-next-steps-with-delegation-to-integrated-care-boards/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/specialised-commissioning-update-on-specialised-services-for-delegation/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/specialised-commissioning-update-on-specialised-services-for-delegation/</a></p><p>The process concluded that a transitional year of joint commissioning would offer the most secure and stable transition towards delegation. There is a comprehensive programme structure in place to support the ICBs in the four regions that are working towards delegation in April 2025, to support them in being ready to take on the responsibilities. NHS England is continuing to work alongside ICBs to ensure that delegation agreements are in place, including ensuring appropriate collaborative arrangements are developed to support ICB commissioning of specialised services. These arrangements will be monitored by NHS England through its assurance processes for specialised services.</p><p>A webinar series for commissioning staff, including colleagues in ICBs, was delivered in 2023 across different aspects of specialised services, and there are additional webinars planned in 2024. There has been, and will continue to be, local engagement between regional commissioning teams and ICB teams, as the future operating model is co-developed. A suite of support materials has been shared with teams and continues to be updated. As examples, these include: Commissioning Change Management Business Rules; Finance and Accounting Standard Operating Procedure; and the Contracting Standard Operating Procedure.</p><p>NHS England develops services specification and clinical policies through its Clinical Reference Groups. There are 250 published service specifications which include clinical pathway, quality, and other relevant standards, which are specific to the clinical service. Regional commissioning teams, overseen by the statutory joint committees, are responsible for implementing the specifications in their commissioning of services, along with assessing compliance against national standards. NHS England has developed Specialised Services Quality Dashboards alongside service specifications, which provide additional data to monitor the quality of services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 24952 24953 24954 24956 question first answered 13/05/2024 19:02:20 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1715457

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the public consultation on updating the NHS constitution, published on 30 April, is available in languages other than English, and if so, in which languages.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL4270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting people from all backgrounds in accessing the NHS Constitution consultation, in part by ensuring the consultation is well publicised and reaches multiple audiences, including those whose first language is not English.</p><p>While there are no plans to publish the consultation in additional languages, the Department is working at pace to publish an easy-read version. The simplified language will make the information more accessible for a broader audience, which may support those whose first language is not English, to access and respond to the consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4271 question first answered 08/05/2024 14:50:04 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1715458

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the public consultation on updating the NHS constitution is brought to the attention of individuals whose first language is not English.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL4271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting people from all backgrounds in accessing the NHS Constitution consultation, in part by ensuring the consultation is well publicised and reaches multiple audiences, including those whose first language is not English.</p><p>While there are no plans to publish the consultation in additional languages, the Department is working at pace to publish an easy-read version. The simplified language will make the information more accessible for a broader audience, which may support those whose first language is not English, to access and respond to the consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4270 question first answered 08/05/2024 14:50:04 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1713568

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve patient access to primary care services.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	23549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Our Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care has two central ambitions to improve access to general practice (GP): tackling the 8:00am rush and reducing the number of people struggling to contact their practice; and for patients to know on the day they contact their practice, how their request will be managed.</p><p>We are doing this by modernising telephone systems, backed by £240 million in retargeted funding, and by building the capacity to deliver more appointments. As a result, we have now delivered on our manifesto commitment for 50 million more GP appointments per year, with 370.7 million booked across the last 12 months.</p><p>There is an increasing number of clinical services that are being delivered in community pharmacy, including the New Medicines Service, Contraception Service, Blood Pressure Check Service, Stop Smoking Service, and most recently the new Pharmacy First service. These services help take the pressure off GPs, and make it quicker and easier for patients to access care.</p><p>Furthermore, our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry will fund approximately 2.5 million additional appointments. The plan sets out our actions to address the challenges facing National Health Service dentistry, and to improve dental access for patients across the country. A new patient premium is supporting dentists to take on new patients, and a new marketing campaign will help everyone who needs an NHS dentist in finding one. We have further supported dentists by raising the minimum Units of Dental Activity rate to £28 this year, making NHS work more attractive and sustainable.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/04/2024 15:40:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1700146

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to publish the results of the review by McKinsey and Co into NHS productivity.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	21154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The 2024 Spring Budget committed £3.4 billion of capital funding to support NHS England in driving technologically and digitally enabled productivity improvement. To prepare for this work, NHS England commissioned McKinsey and Company as part of an internal exercise. The Department will provide a public update on progress and plans for delivering the Spring Budget’s announcements.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/04/2024 16:08:49 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 28307 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1625121

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many serious incident root causes analysis investigations were not closed within 60 days (a) nationally (b) in Yorkshire and (c) in York in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	183479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>NHS England does not hold the information requested. Serious Incidents are reported to the Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS). Compliance with the 60-day closure of serious incident investigations is not routinely monitored by NHS England. As such, a bespoke analysis and report would be needed to provide the requested information.</p><p> </p><p>The expectation set by the Serious Incident Framework is that Serious Incident investigation reports are to be completed within 60 working days where possible. This is overseen by commissioners, who complete necessary processes to close these incidents on StEIS, and reviewed by the Care Quality Commission as part of their regulatory role. NHS England does not hold or report on this data for England.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to Yorkshire and York, information relating to serious incidents will be held by providers and the relevant integrated care board.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/05/2023 12:48:00 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1612326

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the consequences are of non-adherence to NHS England’s Service Specifications for different treatments and conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	181616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>NHS England, together with integrated care boards when a specialised service is commissioned jointly in 2023/24, is responsible for assessing compliance with service specifications.</p><p>Actions resulting from non-compliance will vary depending on the reasons for and nature of non-compliance, as well as the location and availability of alternative service provision. Examples of typical actions currently taken forward by NHS England include enhanced reporting and monitoring requirements; the agreement of an improvement plan; agreeing mitigations which can be put in place whilst working towards compliance or in a small number of cases, the de-commissioning of the service at a specific provider.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/04/2023 17:00:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark